2 Samuel 15:12-14

International Standard Version

¹² Absalom also sent for Ahithophel^[a] the Gilonite, David’s counselor, to come^[b] from his home town of Giloh while Absalom^[c] was presenting the sacrificial offerings. And so the conspiracy widened, because the common people increasingly sided with Absalom.

David Flees from Jerusalem

¹³ Then a messenger arrived to inform David, “The loyalties of the men^[d] of Israel have shifted to^[e] Absalom.”

¹⁴ So David told all of his staff who were with him in Jerusalem, “Let’s get up and get out of here! Otherwise, none of us will escape from Absalom. Hurry, or he’ll overtake us quickly, bring disaster on all of us, and execute the inhabitants of the city!”